Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN19: Connected Discourses with Lakkhaṇa

SN19:15 The Sweltering Woman

1… "I saw a woman, her body roasting, sweltering, sooty, moving through the air, while she uttered cries of pain…." [n.357] Spk explains uppakkaṁ okiliniṁ okirinaṁ thus: She was lying on a bed of coals, trembling and turning around as she was cooked, therefore she was roasting (uppakkā), i.e., with body cooked by the hot fire. She was sweltering (okilini), with a sweating body; and sooty (okirinī), completely covered with soot.

"That woman was the chief queen of the king of Kalinga. Of a jealous character, she poured a brazier of coals over one of the king's consorts … ."

1"Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ itthiṁ uppakkaṁ okiliniṁ okiriniṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantiṁ. Sā sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti … pe …

esā, bhikkhave, itthī kaliṅgassa rañño aggamahesī ahosi. Sā issāpakatā sapattiṁ aṅgārakaṭāhena okiri … pe … .


Pañcamaṁ.

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